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Rachael Ray Biography & Notes


Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is a celebrity chef and author who hosts at least four different programs on cable television's Food Network: 30 Minute Meals, $40 a Day, Inside Dish, and Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels. She has authored a series of cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept. She will also host a syndicated TV talk show starting in 2006.

Ray's family owned a restaurant in Massachusetts and her mother managed restaurants in upstate New York. Rachael started at the candy counter at Macy's in New York, New York. She helped open Agata & Valentina, a New York City market. Moving upstate, she worked as buyer and chef at the Cowan & Lobel market in Albany, New York. With the success of her "30 Minute Meals" classes, Albany TV station WRGB asked her to continue on their newscasts. This, along with a public radio appearance and the publication of her first book, led to a Today Show spot and her first Food Network contract.Ray teaches simple recipes that she says can be prepared in thirty minutes or less. Like many cooks, she uses garlic and chicken stock as simple ways to boost flavors, and emphasizes using fresh herbs whenever possible. She says that measuring "takes away from the creative, hands-on process of cooking", and instead favors approximations such as "half a palmful" and "eyeball it". On her television programs she has popularized catchphrases such as "E.V.O.O... extra-virgin olive oil", "Yum-O!", "So delish!" and "How good is THAT?".

Her signature tool is the santoku chef's knife. She claims to dislike baking desserts and to be notorious for burning bread under the broiler. Ray says her late Sicilian maternal grandfather, Emmanuel Scuderi, served as a strong influence on her cooking. To critics of her shortcut techniques, Ray responds, "I have no formal anything. I'm completely unqualified for any job I've ever had."

Recipes from Ray's programs appear on the Food Network web site as well as in her books and magazine.Ray launched her own magazine, Everyday with Rachael Ray in conjunction with Reader's Digest. The magazine premiered on October 25, 2005 and plans bi-monthly issues in 2006.





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30-Minute Get Real Meals 30-Minute Get Real Meals Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes by Rachael Ray ( 2005)

No pasta? No dessert? No way! Everything in moderation, says Rachael Ray. After all, some days only chocolate or spaghetti will hit the spot.

In Rachael Ray’s 30-Minute Get Real Meals, the bestselling cookbook author and Food Network star serves up another helping of creative, hassle-free recipes that are ready to rock your tastebuds in less than thirty minutes. The latest addition to Rachael’s runaway hit series of 30-Minute Meals cookbooks is designed for cooks who want to look and feel great but long for the fun and the flavor that’s missing from their extreme low-carb meals. Why fill your shopping cart and your stomach with processed, low-carb cereals and breads that taste like cardboard when you can eat the foods you crave? Here, at last, are recipes for those who just cannot and will not live totally carb-free: Pasta dinners made mostly with proteins and vegetables and only a couple of ounces of pasta per servings, fresh Thai and Mexican lettuce wraps, take-out-style stir-frys, and tons of burger ideas—with and without the buns. And when you’ve just got to satisfy that sweet tooth, even nonbakers (like Rachael) will flip for Nutty Creamsicle Pie, Stuffed Roasted Strawberries, and other surprisingly easy dessert recipes.

With more than 150 new dishes, plenty of time-saving tips, and a generous serving of Rachael's “you can do it” attitude, 30-Minute Get Real Meals proves you don’t have to go to extremes to eat healthy.

Rachael Ray confesses that there’s pasta in her pantry, and she isn’t afraid to admit that chili is just an excuse to snack on corn chips. On the other hand, she also confesses that it’s more fun to shop for clothes when she’s eating fewer carbs. So what’s a carb-frustrated cook to do these days? Don’t go to extremes, says the force of nature behind Food Network’s 30-Minute Meals. Get real! With a little creativity and less than half an hour, now you can watch your carbs and eat them, too. Satisfy your carb-starved cravings and still mind that waistline with more than 150 healthy, delicious recipes—including Rachael’s first-ever section devoted just to desserts:

•Snacks and Super-Supper Snacks

•Burgers Gone Wild

•Take a Dip: Fondues

•Salads that Stack Up

•That’s Souper

•Well-Rounded Square Meals

•Pasta: Come Home Again

•Desserts? Yes, Desserts!
30-Minute Meals 30-Minute Meals by Rachael Ray ( 1999)

Rachael Ray's fans can't seem to get enough of the wonderful recipes featured on her weekly television show, "The 30-Minute Meal."
30-Minute Meals 2 30-Minute Meals 2 by Rachael Ray ( 2003)

A followup to the author's guide to cooking quick, delicious meals shares one hundred more recipes designed to be ready in half an hour, covering such categories as Double Duty Dinners, Make Your Own Takeout, Passport Dinners, and Family Fare. Original.
Classic Rachel Ray 30 Minute Meals Classic Rachel Ray 30 Minute Meals by Rachael Ray ( 2006)

This line-up of 150 of Rachael Ray's popular 30-minute meal recipes is culled from her numerous bestselling cookbooks. With full-color photographs.
Comfort Food Comfort Food Rachael Ray's Top 30 30-minutes Meals by Rachael Ray ( 2005)

Supestar foodie TV personality Ray offers the very best of what made her famous—satisfying, comforting meals that can be made in 30 minutes or less.
Comfort Foods Comfort Foods Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Meals by Rachael Ray ( 2001)

Food Network chef Rachael Ray presents a collection of crowd pleasers--food guaranteed to make everyone happy. Easy-to-prepare recipes include Chicken Fricassee and Macaroni and Cheese.
Get Togethers Get Togethers Rachael Ray 30 Minute Meals by Rachael Ray ( 2003)

The popular host of The Food Network's 30-Minute Meals and $40 a Day shares the secret to making entertaining seem effortless by using readily available ingredients and provides readers with recipes and tips to preparing great food and drinks for company.
Just in Time! Just in Time! All-New 30-Minute Meals, Plus Super-Fast 15-Minute Meals and Slow It Down 60-Minute Meals by Rachael Ray ( 2007)

Explaining how to put a tempting and healthy meal on the table every night of the week, a new collection of recipes from the host of the Food Network's 30 Minute Meals presents a host of thirty-minute meals, as well as quick-and-easy fifteen-minute meals, and slow-it-down sixty-minute meals, all of which can, with a few simple additions, be enjoyed twice. Original. 1,300,000 first printing.
Kid Food Kid Food Rachael Ray's Top 30 30-minutes Meals by Rachael Ray ( 2005)

The quick-kitchen magician reaches into her bag of tricks to pull out her top picks for kid-friendly meals that, as always, can be made from start to finish in less than 30 minutes.
Rachael Ray 2,4,6,8 Rachael Ray 2,4,6,8 Great Meals for Couples or Crowds by Rachael Ray ( 2006)

If you’re like Rachael Ray, mealtime is a time to hang out and reconnect with family and friends. That means you could be making a late dinner for you and your sweetie one night and making brunch for your entire family the next day. No matter how many people join the party, Rachael firmly believes that cooking should be fun, easy--and done in 30 minutes or less.
Rachael Ray Rachael Ray Recipe Note Cards by Rachael Ray ( 2005)
Cooking 'Round the Clock Cooking 'Round the Clock Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals by Rachael Ray ( 2004)

The host of the popular Food Network shows 30-Minute Meals and $40 A Day shares her recipes for quick, delicious cooking in this guide to eating well in an over-stimulated world.
Rachael Ray 365:No Repeats Rachael Ray 365:No Repeats A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners by Rachael Ray ( 2005)

A vast selection of easy-to-prepare entrTes and variations from the star of the Food Network's 30-Minute Meals is accompanied by a tasty assortment of side dishes to provide a new and different meal for every day of the year.
Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals What to Keep on Hand, What to Buy Fresh for the Easiest-Ever 30-Minute Meals by Rachael Ray ( 2006)

The host of Food Network's 30-Minute Meals and the best-selling author of Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats explains how readers can concoct effortless, tempting meals from the items in their pantry and a few key items that can be picked up quickly at the market, describing some seventy pantry items that everyone should keep on hand.
Rachael Ray Make Your Own Takeout Rachael Ray Make Your Own Takeout More Than 50 M.Y.O.T.O. Recipes by Rachael Ray ( 2009)
Rachael Ray's Best Eats in Town on $40 a Day Rachael Ray's Best Eats in Town on $40 a Day by Rachael Ray ( 2004)
Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book The Ultimate Collection of All-New 30-Minute Meals, Vegetarian Meals, Meals for One, Kosher Meals, Holiday Menus, and Much More! by Rachael Ray ( 2008)

Featuring more than two hundred all-new recipes, a lively, richly illustrated cookbook from the author of Yum-O! The Family Cookbook presents a selection of favorite 30-Minute meals, vegetarian dishes, holiday menus, dinners-for-one, kosher meals, rollover menus, and more. 1,000,000 first printing.
Rachael Ray's Open House Cookbook Rachael Ray's Open House Cookbook Over 200 Recipes for Easy Entertaining by Rachael Ray ( 2006)

Back by popular demand! This collection of fabulous recipes for easy entertaining makes short work of "having people over" any day, any time of the year. Highlights include casual antipasti, tapas, and pizza parties, relaxed Sunday breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, comforting holiday get-togethers, easy weekday suppers, parties for kids by kids, and simple, no-bake desserts. It features flexible menus, exciting international flavors, plus helpful cooking and organizing tips throughout.
Rachael Ray's Refrigerator Notes Rachael Ray's Refrigerator Notes by Rachael Ray ( 2005)
Yum-O! The Family Cookbook by Rachael Ray ( 2008)
Party in a Box Coasters Party in a Box Coasters by Rachael Ray ( 2005)
Rachael Ray's Book of Ten Rachael Ray's Book of Ten More Than 300 Recipes to Cook Every Day by Rachael Ray ( 2009)

The TV star and best-selling author shares a trove of all-new ideas and recipes for great meals that can be stretched from one meal to the next, like turning Monday's leftover tacos into a flavorful soup on Tuesday, in a book that also shows how to make kid-friendly healthy treats and transform crave-worthy hearty foods into healthier versions. Original.

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